Rural Health Care Challenges in Mississippi

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) was founded in 1990.

One of the examples of optional services offered by CPESN is sterile compounding.

Pregnant patients can NOT take part in the MS diabetes telehealth network.

When are labs surveyed by the Joint Commission?

What are some socioeconomic factors that pose challenges in rural health care?

What are some health inequity factors that present challenges in rural health care?

What are some workforce strategies to optimize the use of health professionals in rural areas?

What is the purpose of a patient-centered medical home?

What are the required services for CPESN Mississippi?

MS has _________ total primary care HPSA designations

Social determinants of health -education access and quality -health care access and quality -neighborhood and built environment -social and community complex -economic _________

An approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children, youth, and adults patient centered medical _________

Patient centered medical home intended effects -improve patient care and reduce costs -provide more effective, equitable, and efficient health services -encourage primary care providers to assume responsibility of all aspects of patient _________

Patient centered medical home model 5 core functions of the patient centered medical _________

Workforce strategies to optimize the use of health professionals in rural areas -use of interprofessional teams -ensure all professionals are practicing to full extent of training/scope of practice -removing state and federal barriers to professional practice -changing policy to allow expansions to scope of practice -removing barriers to th use of _________ to provide access to remote health care

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) was founded in _____.

The Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) was founded in _____.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) was founded in _____.

Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) is a _____ year, multi-payer initiative designed to improve primary care in America.

Clinical pharmacists are involved in the process of care in team-based practices. This process includes: 1. Assessment of the patient 2. Evaluation of medication therapy 3. Development and initiation of plan _____.

The purpose of the MS diabetes telehealth network is to improve clinical outcomes and care coordination for chronic disease management and increase access to care by bringing healthcare resources into patients' ________.

One of the sustainable changes aimed for in the MS diabetes telehealth network is to decrease A1c levels by less than ______%.

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) uses digital technologies to collect health data from individuals in one location and electronically transmit that information securely to healthcare providers in a different location for assessment and recommendations, enabling monitoring of patients outside of conventional clinical ________.

RPM programs can include chronic disease management in the patient's home, such as daily health sessions, personalized interventions, targeted education, health coach support, behavior modification, and patient ________.

The form of telehealth that uses technology to enable monitoring of patients outside of conventional clinical settings is known as remote patient ________ (RPM).

The key partnerships for RPM programs can include specialty clinics, FQHCs, insurance companies, and hospitals or health centers ________ the primary care setting.

In the RPM onboarding process, a pharmacist may be involved in med titration and med reconciliation, while an RN provides daily monitoring and ________ alerts and protocols.

The RPM onboarding process typically involves receiving a referral from a provider, assessing eligibility, completing initial education, providing RPM equipment, and program requirements by an RN care coordinator, and completing the initial intake process review by a ________.

The benefits of telehealth include increased access to healthcare, reduced hospitalizations and ER visits, reduced burnout, improved outcomes, increased revenue, and cost ________.

Some examples of optional services offered by CPESN Mississippi include medicare part D plan counseling, immunization clinics, nutrition counseling, hospice dispensing, non-sterile compounding, medication disposal, diabetes education program, topical pain protocol, BG POCT, 24-hour dispensing services, and ________ delivery.